Kill the Indian, Save the Man
The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools
November 2004
Trade Paperback · 128 Pages
$15.95 U.S. · $19.50 CAN · £10.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872864344
City Lights Publishers
Trade Paperback · 128 Pages
$15.95 U.S. · $19.50 CAN · £10.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872864344
City Lights Publishers
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Description
For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880–1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to “kill the Indian to save the man.” Half of the children did not survive the experience, and those who did were left permanently scarred. The resulting alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to their own children has led to a social disintegration with results that can only be described as genocidal.
Ward Churchill is the author of A Little Matter of Genocide, among other books. He is currently a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Ward Churchill is the author of A Little Matter of Genocide, among other books. He is currently a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
About the Author
Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a leading member of AIM, and the author of numerous books, including A Little Matter of Genocide, Struggle for the Land, and Fantasies of the Master Race.